WordPress.com features

2006-10-11

After my recent move from the community of WordPress.com, once again I truly feel like a ‘Blog in Isolation’. There are a few features I missed from WordPress.com:

• Dashboard - I can still check the WordPress blog, Top Blogs and Top Posts independently.
• Forums - While I can still participate, I don’t really feel like a member of that WordPress community any longer.
• Comments - signed up for coComment that tracks all comments (not just those on WordPress.com)
• Tag surfer - can create Technorati feed(s) to replicate this but this was a nice, dynamic feature.
• New WordPress themes - If I like them, I simply download and experiment on this blog.
• Latest WordPress posts - an occasional diversion. No real equivalent (unless I login to my placeholder WP account)
• Avatars - Not bothered but favicon is your friend.